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C. 0. QUIMBY.

MOP.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 19,

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CHARLES 0. QUIMBY, 0I" WAKEFIED, MASSACHUSETTS.

MOP.

Specicatio'n of Letters Patent.

Patented May 20,1919.l

Application led February i9, 1914. Serial No. 819,616.-

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES O. QI'HMBY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wakeeld, in .theA county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have inventednew and uful Improvements in Mops, of which the following is aY specification.

My invention relates to mops and particularly to such as are used in polishing floors. Mops of this character usually comprise a handle to which is fixed a head of wood or the like` carrying a brush consisting of a bunch of yarn, and are used not only for wiping oors but also for washing win. dows, Walls, and the like',to distribute polishing iuid over a floor, and to polishthe latter. It is desirable that the head of the mop .shall have no metal parts upon its exterior-"that would bel liable to scratch or mar furniture or woodwork orthat may catch inV draperies or textile furnishings of a room; -that the brush can be leasily and quickly attached to or removed from the head of the mop, and that the structure' as a Whole shall be simple, strong and of light weight. The object of my invention is to improve the construction of mops vof the character referred to and to provide a; Hoor polishing moplwhich will meet all the requirements noted above. v .l To this end my invention consists of aj mop comprising a Vhandle at the lower end of which is provided a pair of opposed outwardly bowed arms, upon which arms the body of the brush of the mop is removably mounted, the bowed shape of the opposed -hooks serving to hold the brush from becoming accidentally detached while the mop is in use. This construction rovides. a light and strong head which 'may be more or less flexible and-does away with exterior fastening means likely to scratch or mar woodwork or furniture. Also it provides for ready removal of the brush when the latter needs to be cleaned oranother. brush is to be sub-ly stituted in its place on the mop head.`

- Other features of my invention are hereinafter ointed out.

In t e accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a mop constructed in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the head ofthe v mop shown in Fig. 1;

Fig'. 3 is a plan view of the head of the mop with the brush removed;A g

Fig. 4 is a section on the1ine'4.--4v of Fig. 3.; l

Fig. 5 is a' pers ective view of one end of the brush hereina rdescribed; and

'.Fig. 6 is a detail illustrating the construction of the brush.

Fig. 7 shows a modification.

Having'reference to the drawings, 1 represents the handle of my improved'mop, 2 the head and 3 the brush. The handle 1 is herein shown as a length of pipe threaded at its lower end to receive upon it-the interiorly threadedv head 2. The head 2 is made with an interior chamber 4, which communicates with the interiors of two opposed outwardly bowed arms, 5, 5, which together form about three-quarters ofa com-5 plete rlng, leavin between their ends a gap of about ninetyegrees to permit the application or removal of the brush 3.

The brush 3 is made up of a number ofl strands of yarn 6 laid transversely between',

strips of fabric 7, (Fig. 6) that are fastened together and to the strands 6 by lines of stitching 8, the end of oneL ofthe strips 7 being carried around the' end of theother and laidupon the latter before sewing. After the assembled parts ofthe brush have been fastened together by the stitches 8 the strips-7 are folded longitudinally as shown in Fig. 5-'and lfastened in that position by lines ofstitching 9 near their ed es, thereby forming the strips into' a fleXi le tube 10 and the loose yarn strands 6 are thus bunched at one'side thereof. One/end of the iiexible tubular body l0 is slid into position on lone' of theJ arms `5 and then the othervend thereof is slid into position on the other arm 5. While the tubular body 10 is suiciently iiexible to permit of its'being manipulated or bent while sliding its ends onto or off of the larms 5, yet it 'is sufficiently stiff to insure its middle unsupported portion Ina-intaining its position and shape while the mop is in use, and to cause the two bowed arms 5 'to hold the body lOlsecurely against accidental displacement Withoutthe-use of any additional fastening devices.

It will be clear that when thefarms- 5,

are covered by the brush bodyl 10 there are no metal parts or fasteners of any lkind upon the `exterior ofthe head ofthe mop- 4to mar or scratch woodwork -or furniture or catch 'in draperies or hangings, jwhen the y .mop is being used,

When used for Washing windows and the like I may form screw threads 11 upon the upper end of the pipe-handle 1 so that a hose pipe 12 may be coupled thereto, and provide a 'valve 13 in the handle-pipe 1 by means of which the flow of water to the head 2f may be controlled. The chamber 1 Within head 2 communicates with the interiors of the hollow arms 5 which are provided along their under sides with outlets 14. When the valve 13 is opened water passes from the hose pipe 12 down through handle-pipe 1 into head 2, and from thelatter into the arms 5 from which it discharges through the outlets 11 into the body 10 of brush4 3, thus thoroughly saturating the latter. t

In, the modification shown in Fig. 7 the upper end of the handle 1 has applied to it a cap 15 formed with a central hole through which a stem 16 extends down through the pipe-handle.' At, lits lower end the stem 16 carries a valve 17 which is held closed against the lower end of the pipe handle 1 Yby means of a spring 18 arranged between the cap 15 and a collar 19 secured to the outer end of the stem. In this form of my invention the hollow handle 1 serves as a reservoir to hold a supply oflioor polishing fluid or the like which may be supplied to the brush 3 as required by 'the operator tenace@ pressing downward upon` the outer end of the stem 16. l

What I claim is:

1. A mop of the character described, comprising a pipe-handle; a pair of lhollow oppositely bowed arms near the lower end of said handle whose interiors communicate with the interior of the pipe-handle, said arms having outlet openings, and a lbrush comprising a porous tubular flexible body having its ends removably and telescopically mounted on said arms.

2. In av mop, an absorbent mop head of textile material having a porous, flexible and tubular body portion; a p'air of hollow arms for supporting said mop head, each arm being made with outlets and having a free end in proximity to` and permanently spaced from the free end of the other arm to permit the ends of the tubular body portion of the mop head to be slipped upon said arms to be supported thereby, and a hollow handle withwhich said arms are connected, the in- .,terior of said handle communicating with the interiors of said arms.

Signed by me at Boston, Massachusetts,

this 17th day of February, 1914.

CHARLES UQUIMBY. Witnesses: I

` JOSEPH T. BRENNAN,

OLIVER MITCHELL. 

